Quiz Me! - People: World War IITest your knowledge about people in the World War II era. 1 / 10All of the following are associated with the work of the Navajo Code Talkers except: They created the code to communicate with each other as prisoner of war They used a mix of traditional Navajo and new words to create the code They eventually used over 600 words to create an unbreakable code The group was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 2001 2 / 10Historians determined that this person was wrongly denied the U.S. military’s top honor because of his race. In 1997, he became one of only seven African Americans to have ever received the military’s Medal of Honor. Doris “Dori” Miller Vernon Baker Thurgood Marshall Cesar Chavez 3 / 10This person commanded the Pacific Fleet during World War II Norman Schwarzkopf Chester Nimitz Walton Walker George Patton 4 / 10Douglas MacArthur’s military career spanned many decades. All of the following are true of MacArthur except: He was the most highly decorated American soldier of World War I He was relieved of his duties in Korea by President Truman He liberated the Philippines from Japanese control in World War II He defeated the North Vietnamese in the Battle of la Drang 5 / 10President Franklin D. Roosevelt tried to keep the United States from entering World War II by implementing which of the following? A New Deal with the Axis powers A Good Neighbor policy Expanding the rights of Japanese Americans Negotiating directly with Adolf Hitler 6 / 10This US President issued Executive Order 9066 authorizing forced internment of Japanese-Americans which was later upheld as constitutional by the Supreme Court in Korematsu v. United States. Dwight D. Eisenhower Herbert Hoover Franklin Delano Roosevelt Harry S. Truman 7 / 10This person once said, “You get more joy out of giving to others, and should put a good deal of thought into the happiness you are able to give.” Oprah Winfrey Eleanor Roosevelt Rosa Parks Phyllis Schlafly 8 / 10The Marshall Plan has been called one of the most significant legislative actions taken in the modern era. This was George Marshall’s plan to do which of the following? Keep communism out of Cuba Occupy and rebuild post war Japan Contain the spread of communism in Asia Rebuild post-war Europe 9 / 10Prior to 1991, the Flying Tigers had not received U.S. military credit for their time fighting the Japanese in World War II. They had not received this credit because They flew for China, which was one of the Axis powers They were considered volunteers at the time of their service They were not American citizens and could not be granted credit They did not win any victories against Japanese forces 10 / 10This United States President graduated from West Point and later achieved the highest ranking position in the American Army. Dwight D. Eisenhower Theodore Roosevelt Harry S. Truman Woodrow Wilson Your score is Try another 10!
